Title: Research Data Storage Developer (15005)
Location: Princeton, NJ (08540)
Type: Perm Role
Rate: $114K per year
Education: Bachelor's degree
Reporting to the Director of Advanced Data and Storage Management, this 3-year term position will provide critical development work on the configuration of custom integrations, workflow, and data extraction processes to assist with the implementation of TigerData, a data storage and management system that supports the advancement of research at the client. Understanding the needs of faculty researchers and collaborating with developers in the Library, you will develop processes and tools for metadata entry and management, automated metadata harvesting from common file types and other campus systems, and automation workflows for ensuring smooth transitions between storage stages, including movement of data to publication and long-term archive.
This is a 3-year benefits-eligible term position.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
Build, test, debug, and document software designed to support research data management, including discovery, metadata extraction from common file types and other campus systems, and data movement workflows
Develop interfaces for the TigerData presentation layer using API
Integrate with data sources such as TigerData, ORCID, Globus, cloud storage, and existing data repositories.
Analyze, transform, migrate, and process data and metadata
Build tools and workflows to validate research data submissions
Automate and streamline manual or inefficient tasks
Help plan and estimate work on software projects
Embedded with a team of PUL developers working in an agile environment
Maintain a strong partnership with the PUL software development group to enhance collaboration in the implementation of TigerData
Qualifications
Essential Qualifications:
Minimum of 3-5 years’ experience as a developer working in an environment that includes complex software systems, object-oriented programming, web-based applications and services, and distributed architecture
Demonstrated experience with an object oriented language, preferably Ruby or Java
Experience building complex web forms that drive workflows and meet contemporary usability guidelines using modern HTML, CSS, and Javascript frameworks
Demonstrated experience with test-driven development, preferably using RSpec or JUnit
Ability to work in a Linux-based environment
Willingness to learn new technologies and data/metadata formats
Experience with Agile software development practices
Strong oral and written communication skills
Education: A bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with relevant cultural heritage metadata formats (such as MARC, MODS, and Dublin Core); ideally with archival and/or geospatial metadata formats
Experience with Python or R
Experience with research data management and institutional repositories
Experience with data harvesting APIs such as OAI-PMH or ResourceSync
Familiarity with best practices for data modeling and data management
Experience working on and contributing to open source software projects
Proficiency with common tools for source code version control, collaboration, and deployment; such as Git, GitHub, Capistrano and Ansible
Experience with DevOps and deployment automation
Advanced degree in Library Science, Computer Science, Geographic Information Systems, or another research field.